viessu

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Northern Sami

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Etymology

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From Proto-Samic *viesō, borrowed from Proto-Norse [script needed] (*vezōn-) (whence Old Norse vera (dwelling)).

Pronunciation

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  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvie̯ssuː/

Noun

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viessu

  1. house

Inflection

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Even u-stem, ss-s gradation
Nominative viessu
Genitive viesu
viesọ
Singular Plural
Nominative viessu viesut
Accusative viesu viesūid
Genitive viesu
viesọ
viesūid
Illative vīssui viesūide
Locative viesus viesūin
Comitative viesūin viesūiguin
Essive viessun
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person vīsson vīssome vīssomet
2nd person vīssot vīssode vīssodet
3rd person viessus viessuska viessuset

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland